Hygiene Officer | PSM

Job Description

Title: Hygiene Officer | PSM

Company Name: International Development Enterprises (iDE)

Vacancy: 1

Job Location: Cox's Bazar, Cox's Bazar (Chakaria)

Employment Status: Contractual

Educational Requirements:
∎ Bachelor Degree, preferably in Business studies/ Development Studies / Economics/ Management/ Agriculture/ Social Science

Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 3 year(s)

Job Context:
∎ Promotion of Integrated Sanitation Marketing (PSM) is an innovative approach of increasing access to sanitation facilities among the host community people in Cox`s Bazar District. The goal of the PSM Phase II Project is to increase access to sanitation facilities and improve hygiene practices among the host community and improve the overall health situation in Cox`s Bazar District using iDE`s systems-based approach to sanitation.
∎ The position will play the role to mobilize the community, stakeholders, and frontline staff, identification of the gap, analysis of the program needs, task mapping the households needs for improved sanitation & hygiene practices. Hygiene Officer is responsible to provide technical support in design, implementation, monitoring & evaluation of hygiene and sanitation programs, behavior change methodologies & hygiene promotion campaigns.
∎ Job Location: Cox`s Bazaar & Chakaria
∎ Reports to: Field Coordinator
∎ Employment Contract: Long Term

Job Responsibilities:
∎ General Responsibilities:
∎ Support WASH program in ensuring compliance of all hygiene & sanitation standard and donor regulations
∎ Provide strong feedback loop from key project stakeholders to project staff
∎ Programmatic Responsibilities:
∎ Develop hygiene promotion topics, hygiene sessions & IEC/BCC materials to promote safe WASH practices
∎ Advocate with the different levels of stakeholders e.g. Union Parishad (UP), Sector Focal Agencies, WatSan Committees etc.
∎ Organize workshops, seminars and meetings with the stakeholders on different hygiene issues.
∎ Educate and support households to mitigate Water & sanitation related health risk through household counselling sessions by Community based Organizer (CBO)
∎ Develop context basis training module, session plan, training outline; organize capacity build up training for Community based Organizer for adopting hygiene protocol
∎ Carrying out needs assessments - preparing adequate assessment documentation following guidance from the supervisor
∎ Monitoring the work of Community based Organizer & carrying out household visits
∎ Providing support/carrying out hygiene materials distributions - organizing distribution, day celebration etc.
∎ Conduct regular training of Stakeholders on the issues of hygiene and sanitation & straightening cooperation with local authorities and local communities
∎ Monitoring and Evaluation:
∎ Attend training/orientation on data collection and collect data through project accepted data collection tools/platforms
∎ Build rapport and maintain good relationship with the project stakeholders
∎ Help improving record keeping skills in support of capacity building interventions of the project
∎ Support the project staff in entering data and ensuring high quality data
∎ Prepare progress report, training report on Hygiene Issue
∎ Assist to M&E Officer prepare monthly progress report for Organization as well as a donor
∎ Assist to M&E Officer prepare case story and success story for the project as well as organization
∎ Coordination and Support:
∎ Based on guidance from the FC, support cross-program activities including:
∎ - Product innovation
∎ - Technology commercialization
∎ - Best practices documentation
∎ - Cross-project learning activities
∎ - Evidence and Analytics (E&A)
∎ Maintain close contact and communication for project planning, strategy formulation and other issues with supervisor, technical specialists and institutional support teams
∎ Harmonize approach with other Officers in the program through best practice sharing and feedback loops
∎ Rapport Building:
∎ Coordinate and report to supervisor on a regular basis as per the annual coordination strategy and cross-visits
∎ Regularly travel to all assigned unions at least once for problem solving and systems development using the CLEAR framework (Connect, Listen, Educate, Ask, Resolve)
∎ Conversation with relevant supporting actors (SAs, installers etc.)
∎ Visit Community Households for feedback collection
∎ Other Responsibilities:
∎ Actively follow and engage with Global WASH initiatives in other countries and other Bangladesh programs for stronger network connections
∎ Actively learn and develop skills related to online platforms used by iDE including but not limited to: Salesforce, Smartsheets, Google Drive, Google Docs, Google Sheets
∎ Maintain use of online platforms for sharing reports, documents and data
∎ Represent iDE at external events and meetings as agreed with supervisor
∎ Participate in all relevant meetings and workshops
∎ Undertake additional tasks subject to workload and skill sets such as photography, cross-project trainings and evaluations

Additional Requirements:
∎ Work Experience:
∎ At least 3 years of experience working on Hygiene promotion activities (CXB local dialect & knowledge on Result based Reward (RbR) approach would be given more preference than experience)
∎ Must understand the technical, social, and other constraints in Cox's Bazar
∎ Prior data collection and community engagement experience desirable.
∎ Programmatic Skills:
∎ Ability to responsibly manage household and stakeholder relations
∎ Ability to plan and implement iterative field level activities
∎ Good analytical and problem solving skills
∎ Personal Skills:
∎ Energetic and focused approach to counselling and mentoring
∎ Excellent interpersonal skills
∎ Self-motivated, energetic and team player
∎ Ability to work with various national and international team members and flexibility to adapt to different work conditions
∎ Ability to interact and collaborate with a broad range of public and private sector and NGO partners
∎ Physical and Language Skills:
∎ Ability to travel and undertake fieldwork in rural context
∎ Physical fitness required for frequent field visits and extensive travel.
∎ Written and oral communication skills in English, including ability to present coherent and convincing messages to different audiences
∎ Strong computer skills in Microsoft Office Suite, e-mail and the internet
∎ Familiarity with internet based software systems such as Google Apps

Job Source: Bdjobs.com Online Job Posting.

Application Deadline: 24 Dec 2021

Company Information:
∎ 16 Dec 2021
∎ International Development Enterprises (iDE)
∎ Business : iDE is an International Non-Governmental Organization (INGO) headquartered in Denver, Colorado USA and operating in 11 countries around the world, including Bangladesh. In Bangladesh, iDE has been working since 1984, registered with the NGO Affairs Bureau (NGO AB), registration number 173 dated 27th April, 1984. iDE is currently working in 27 Districts and 123 Upazilas on a wide variety of thematic areas including Food Security, Nutrition, WASH, Agriculture, Market Systems Development, Women Economic Empowerment. iDE Bangladesh is supported by USAID, SIDA, Unicef, DFID, the European Commission and other multilateral donors working in in the country.

Category: NGO/Development